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DR. IRA C. COLBY, LCSWWork: 713-743-8086icolby@uh.edu or acesomeday@yahoo.comEDUCATION198419751971Doctorate of Social Work, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaMaster of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VirginiaBachelor of Science, Springfield College, Springfield, MassachusettsPROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES1999 – PresentUniversity of Houston, Houston, TexasGraduate College of Social WorkDean and Professor of Social WorkPrincipal administrator of a College that offers CSWE accredited MSW degree and PhD degree;average faculty FTE: 30, staff FTE: 52; student FTE: 350 MSW, 40 PhD, and 100 AmericanHumanics (baccalaureate program); 2010-2011 budget: 8.5 million; variety of international, federal,state and local grant programs including Nobel (peace laureates) Women’s Initiative, Gulen Institutefor Cross Cultural Exchange, Consortium on Vital and Productive Aging, Continuing EducationProgram, National Leadership Alliance, Center for Drug and Social Policy Research, Child andFamily Center for Innovative Research, Virtual Reality Clinical Research Laboratory and individualfaculty funded research; organized educational demonstration projects including the MillenniumProject and the Weekend College; named scholarships increased from two to eighteen with totalannual awards increasing from 3,000 to approximately 550,000; increased endowments from 75,000 to 1.92 million; launched Spanish Speaking Scholarship Program, which was replicatedacross the state of Texas in 2008 by the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health; total development 6,993,585; funded projects and research increased from average of 500,000 (1999) to 13.4million (fall 2009); recruited and appointed Nobel Peace laureate to faculty.1993 - 1999University of Central Florida, Orlando, FloridaSchool of Social WorkDirector, Professor of Social Work, 1993 - 1998Principal administrator of a School with CSWE accredited BSW and MSW programs and aCertificate in Gerontology at three academic sites; interdisciplinary Ph.D. program began Fall, 1998;twelve FTE and five adjunct FTE social work faculty; 3.5 staff; 500 FTE students. Led MSWprogram through CSWE candidacy with initial accreditation awarded in 1996; budget approximately 1,000,000; external funding increased from 9,000 (1993) to approximately 300,000 in 1998.Overall responsibilities: curriculum management and development; fiscal manager; buildingmanager; grant development; community relations; student advisement; college and universitycommittees; course instructor: BSW and MSW programs in social policy and community practice.Professor of Social Work, 1998 - 1999Course instructor, BSW, MSW, and Ph.D. programs; Ed.D. and Ph.D. dissertation committees;primary teaching areas macro practice, social policy, and research; academic advising; school,college, and university committees; Fall, 1998, sabbatical.University of Wales, 1998 Swansea, Swansea, Wales, School of Applied Sciences andInternational Development, Center for Applied Social Studies
2Visiting Scholar, September-December, Fall, 1998, course instructor in American Social WelfarePolicies and Services; consulted with students and faculty on various projects and activities; copresented faculty seminar on professional development; presented paper Child Welfare and AppliedChildhood Studies Day Conference; voted title of Honorary Professor by faculty.1982 - 1993University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TexasAssociate Professor of Social Work, 1991-1993, School of Social WorkInstructor in BSW and MSSW programs; course instruction in community practice, social work andpolitics, policy, and administration; baccalaureate advisor; masters and doctoral thesis committees;faculty member for Child Protective Services Training Institute.Director, Criminal Justice Program, Associate Professor of Social Work, 1987-1991, College ofLiberal ArtsCoordinate interdisciplinary BA and MA programs; average FTE 373 students; 7.0 fulltime FTEfaculty; 1.5 FTE secretarial staff; academic counseling; course scheduling; faculty and staffassignments; budget management; grant development; community relations; MSSW thesiscommittees; Ph.D. dissertation committees; transferred to School of Social Work, 1991, with mergerof BSW and MSSW programs.Assistant Professor of Social Work, 1982-1987, College of Liberal ArtsBaccalaureate program; course instruction in social welfare policy and community practice;academic advising; advisor, Social Work Club and Scholastic Honorary Society; elected toUniversity's Faculty Senate; appointed Director of Criminal Justice Program in 1987; promoted toAssociate Professor, 1987.1992 Campaign Manager, Lon Burnham Campaign, Fort Worth, TXManaged grass roots electoral Texas House of Representatives campaign. Responsibilities included:budget management, electoral planning, volunteer recruitment, staff supervision, issue analysis, andvoting trend analysis.1987 - 1990Organizer, Shift Supervisor, Board member, Night Shelter for the Homeless,Arlington, TXAssisted in organizing city's homeless shelter program; started as an emergency-based, cold nightprogram in a Church hall and evolved into a year-round program that provides shelter, food,education, and social services to individuals and families. Shift supervisor responsibilities: staffingand supervising volunteers on a weekly basis.1983 - 1984Organizer/Consultant, Voter Registration Projects, Arlington and Fort Worth, TXConsulted with area and state-wide voter registration projects; personally organized and directed avolunteer project that registered 4,124 low-income persons.1975 - 1980Director, Social Work Program, Ferrum College, Ferrum, VATenured (1978); Associate Professor. Developed BSW program that received CSWE accreditation in1977. Supervised three full-time, two part-time faculty, and one part-time secretarial staff; curriculumdevelopment; budget management; course instruction: social policy; academic advisor; numerouscollege committees; leave of absence 1980-1982 for doctoral studies; resigned in 1982 to acceptnew teaching position.1977 - 1980Field Instructor, School of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth University2
31976 - 1980Child Welfare Trainer (part-time), Virginia Department of Welfare andInstitutions1976Clinical Social Worker (part-time), Edgemeade of Virginia, Wirtz, VA1971 – 1973 Associate Director of YMCA Extension Programs, Worcester, MADirected traditional and non-traditional YMCA programs in three communities. Supervised full andpart-time professional and secretarial staff; program development, marketing, and coordination;budget management; public relations; left position to begin graduate studies; Senior Director status.CONSULTATION – Selected Listing2003 – Present2006 – Present1990 - Present1999 - 20001997 - 19981997 - 19981996 - 19971995 - 199719941993 - 19941990 - 19911991External Examiner, City University of Hong KongAssessment Panel, Social Workers Registration Board, Hong KongExternal Reviewer, Tenure and Promotion Candidates, various universitiesSouthwest Texas State University – Department of Social WorkUniversity of North Carolina - Charlotte, Department of Social WorkAndrews University, Department of Social WorkResponse, Inc., a rape crisis program fund raising projectOrlando Human Services Council, Needs Assessment CommitteeOrlando Homeless Network, survey design and data collectionBoys & Girls Club of Central Florida, Inc., program evaluation.Fort Worth (TX) Police Department, Juvenile Division, Street Gang StudyArizona State University, School of Social Work, Program Review Site VisitorCONTRACTS AND GRANT ACTIVITY1999 - 2010 Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services Training Institute; 7,984,855.1999 Orlando/Orange Coalition for a Drug-Free Community; 150,000, five year project, chair,Principal Investigator and Chair, Evaluation Advisory Committee.1998 - 1999MSW Off-Campus Program; 402,017, University of Central Florida; develop offcampus part-time MSW program.1993 - 1997AHEC grant, Orlando, FL, annual training grant, 61,000; develop educationalopportunities in rural areas.1997 - 1998Graduate Student Enhancement Scholarship Award, 62,550, University of CentralFlorida; provide scholarships for minority students.1996 - 1998Center for Drug Free Living, Orlando Fl, three-year 126,000 evaluation of multicounty substance abuse prevention program (co-investigator with Edward Suh, Ph.D.).1996 Orange County Department of Human Services Needs Assessment, Orlando, FL; 40,000;study of county’s neighborhood centers (co-investigator with Dennis Poole, Ph.D.).Contracts and Grants, continued3
41991 - 1993evaluation.Fort Worth Challenge (TX), Inc. 42,000; conduct substance abuse program1991 - 1993HIV/AIDS Mothers and Children Program, 25,000; St. Teresa's Home, Fort Worth,TX; Project evaluator for mother child federally funded demonstration project.1991 Arlington Human Service Planners, Arlington, TX, 4,000; conducted data search andprepared written reports for community needs assessment.1990-1993Tarrant County Hospital District, Fort Worth, TX, 45,000; member of interdisciplinary evaluation team of a federally funded demonstration project operated by John PeterSmith Hospital; project provided chemically abusing pregnant women pre and post natal care,support and counseling services.1990 - 1991Neighborhood Mentor's Project, Fort Worth, TX; 40,000; consulted with andconducted needs assessments for CSAP funded demonstration project assisting neighborhoodsorganize around the issues of substance abuse prevention.1989 Camp Fire of North Texas, Fort Worth, TX; 4,000; developed and implemented needsassessment to determine child care needs; report led to the initiation of Camp Fire's campaign tofund and build a national child care training center.1988 - 1989Fort Worth Challenge, Inc., Fort Worth, TX, 2,000; consultation examining socialservice gaps for chemically dependent women; work led to funding of Project First Choice, operatedby the Salvation Army, Fort Worth, TX.1987 - 1989St. Teresa's Home, Fort Worth, TX, 10,000; program evaluator Assessment Center,a 30 day residential program for children removed from their homes due to physical and/or sexualabuse and neglect.1979 - 1981rural county.Franklin County (VA) Needs Assessment, 82,946; study of mental health needs in a1979 - 1981Title XX Training and Retraining Project, 48,794; training program for baccalaureatesocial work students.1979 - 1981Rural and Small Communities Training Project, 14,000; development of trainingprogram for human service workers in rural and small communities.DOCTORAL and MASTERS’ THESIS COMMITTEES2009 – 2011 Chair, PhD Committee, Larry Hill, Community engagement and social work education.University of Houston.2006 - 2009Chair, PhD Committee, Peter Kindle, Development of a financial literacy assessmentinstrument for use with social workers that is appropriate for later use with people with low incomes.University of Houston.Doctoral and Masters’ Thesis Committees, continued4
52005 - 2006Member, PhD Committee, Dianne McGuire, Attitudes and Barriers to Evidence –Based Social Work. University of Houston.2003 - 2006Member, Ph.D. Committee, Benjamin May, People with Disabilities and Social WorkEducation, University of HoustonDoctoral and Masters Thesis Committees, continued2000 - 2001Member, Ph.D. Committee, Meridth Delk, Study of the Differences In and Practice ofAdvocacy Among Clinical Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Mental HealthCounselors. University of Florida.1997- 1999Member, Ed.D. Committee, Joyce Haddock, Administrative Considerations forDirectors of Student Disabilities Offices. University of Central Florida.Doctoral and Masters Thesis Committees, condt.1996 - 1997Member, Ed.D. Committee, Dorothy Holtgrefe, Community College ProgramAdministrators’ Perceptions of Key Areas of Responsibility. University of Central Florida.1995 - 1996Member, Ed.D. Committee, Elizabeth Sharpe. Student Mobility: Perceptions andImplications for Decision-Making. University of Central Florida.1992 - 1993Chair, MSSW Thesis Committee, Monica Brown. Career Patterns For Social WorkGraduates: Implications for Administration and Community Practice Majors. University of Texas atArlington.1992 - 1993Chair, MSSW Thesis Committee, Patty Gray. Analysis of Early Childhood InterventionPrograms of the Harris County (TX) Mental Health and Mental Retardation Authority. University ofTexas at Arlington.1992 - 1993Member, MSSW Thesis Committee, Patrica Merron. An Examination of the Effects ofFamily Therapy as a Means of Reducing Juvenile Delinquency Recidivism Within the YMCAIntensive Supervision Program. University of Texas at Arlington.1991 - 1992Member, Ph.D. Committee, Michael Malcik. Predictors of Service Utilization ByHomeless Veterans Engaged By Outreach Workers Of The VA Comprehensive Homeless Center.University of Texas at Arlington.1991 - 1992Member, Ph.D. Committee, Diane England. Homeless Single Females Head-ofHouseholds: Assessment of Crisis-Related Levels of Depression, Self-Esteem, And Anxiety AsFactors Associated With Homelessness. University of Texas at Arlington.1989 - 1990Member, MSSW Thesis Committee, Julien Devereux. Pre/Post TreatmentFunctioning of Poly Drug Users. University of Texas at Arlington.1989 - 1990Member, MSSW Thesis Committee, Melissa Ann Clements. A Study of ObstaclesFacing Low Income, High Risk, Pregnant Women in Metropolitan Texas. University of Texas atArlington.1988 - 1989Member, MSSW Thesis Committee, Emily Ann Brown. From Band-Aids To Cures.University of Texas at Arlington.Doctoral and Masters’ Thesis Committees, continued5
61985 - 1986Member, MSSW Thesis Committee, Lisa Oglesby. Mexican and American SocialWorkers and Macro Practice. University of Texas at Arlington.EDITORIAL EXPERIENCE – Selected Listing2010 - Present2005 - Present2005 - Present2002 – Present2002 – Present2000 – Present1989 - Present2005 – 20082002 - 20031993 - 19991996 - 19991989 - 20031989 - 19991982 – 19991995 - 19971990 - 19981987 - 19921989 - 199219871987 - 19881982Consulting Editor, Journal of Social Work EducationManuscript Reviewer, Journal of Evidence-Based Social WorkEditorial Board, Best Practices in Mental Health: An International JournalEditorial Board, International Social Policy (web based journal)Editorial Board, Welfare and SocietyNorth American Editorial Board, Social Work EducationProspectus Reviewer, Lyceum Books, Inc.Consulting Editor, Journal of Social Work EducationEditorial Board, Social Work DictionaryManuscript Reviewer, Children and Youth Services ReviewText Reviewer, F.E. Peacock Publishers, Inc.Editorial Board, Journal of Applied Social SciencesManuscript Reviewer, Journal of Rural HealthEditorial Committee, Human Services in the Rural EnvironmentEditorial Board, NASW Encyclopedia of Social Work Supplement, 1997Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Social Service ResearchManuscript Reviewer, Criminal Justice Policy ReviewEditorial Board, Social WorkGuest Editor, Special Issue, Human Services the Rural EnvironmentProspectus Reviewer, The Dorsey PressEditorial Review Committee, Proceedings of the 8th National Institute onSocial Work in Rural AreasINTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL, STATE, LOCAL SERVICEInternational Service - Selected2008 - Present2006 - Present2005 - Present2009 - 20102007 - 20102005 - 2006Fulbright Senior Scholar ListAssessment Panel Member, Social Workers Registration Board, Hong KongExternal Reviewer, City University of Hong KongMember, International Programme Committee, 2010 Joint World Conferenceon Social Work and Social Development, Hong Kong.Member, Board of Directors, International Association of Schools of SocialWorkInternational Advisory Committee, 5th International Conference of SocialWork in Health and Mental Health, Hong Kong, December 10-14, 2006.National Service – Selected20102007 - 20102007 - 2010CSWE Representative, 2005 Social Work CongressPresident, Council on Social Work EducationMember, Advisory Board, Action Network for Social Work Education andResearch1986 - 2007Site Visitor; Team Chair, Commission on Accreditation, CSWE2006 - 2007President elect, Council on Social Work Education2005CSWE Representative, 2005 Social Work CongressNational Service – Selected, continued6
72003 - 20052003 - 20042002 - 20032001 - 20042000 - 20031999 - 20011998 - 20011996 - 19981996 - 19981995 - 19971984 - 19861983 - 19841978 - 198419811976 - 1993Treasure, National Association of Deans and Directors of Schools of SocialWorkChair, CSWE Strategic Planning Task ForceChair, CSWE Executive Director Search CommitteeCSWE Board of Directors, Graduate Dean RepresentativeCo-chair, Action Network for Social Work Education and ResearchChair, CSWE Social Work Congressional Fellows CommitteeChair, CSWE National Legislative and Administrative Policy CommissionChair, CSWE 1998 Annual Program MeetingMember, CSWE Commission on Conferences and Faculty DevelopmentMember, NASW Encyclopedia of Social Work 1997 Up-date EditorialCommitteePresident, Rural Social Work CaucusChair, NASW, National Rural Social Work Task ForceMember, NASW, National Rural Social Work Task ForceRural Task Force Observer, NASW Delegate AssemblyMember, Steering Committee, Rural Social Work CaucusState Service – Selected1996 - 19991994 - 19981993 - 19951993 - 19961991 - 19931989 - 19931989 - 199319921989 - 19911989 - 19901987 - 19891986 - 198719841979Chair, Florida NASW Licensure Review Task ForceTreasurer and member, Florida Association of Social Work Deans andDirectorsTreasurer and member, Florida PACE, Social Work Political ActionCommitteeMember, Florida NASW Nominations and Leadership CommitteeChair, T-PACE, Texas NASW Social Work Political Action CommitteeTechnical Advisor, NASW Communication NetworkMember, T-PACE, Texas Social Work Political Action CommitteeCo-Chair, Social Work Student Day at The Texas LegislatureMember, Texas Department of Human Services, State Task Force, At-RiskYouthMember, Texas Coalition of Juvenile Justice, At-Risk CommitteeMember, Planning Committee, Texas NASW 1989 State ConferenceMember, Nomination's Committee, Southwest Social Science AssociationMember, Planning Committee, Texas NASW: 1984 The Social WorkerAgendaVirginia Delegate, NASW Delegate AssemblyLocal Service - Selected2009 – Present2009 – Present2009 – Present2007 - Present2004 - Present2004 - 20062000 - 2006Member, Harris County Sherriff’s Task Force on Mental Health and the JailMember, Board of Directors, Mental Health of America, Inc.Member, Children At-Risk InstituteMember, Editorial Board, Children At-Risk Growing Up in HoustonMember, One Voice Collaboration BoardMember, Joint City County Commission on Children Children’s Trust FundCommitteeCity Council Representative, Joint City County Commission on Children,Houston, TexasLocal Service – Selected, continued7
82001 - 20032000 - 20011999 - 200120001998 - 19991996 - 19991994 - 19991994 - 19981994 - 19971997 - 1998199319931992 - 19931992 - 199319901990 - 19931989 - 19931989 - 19901988 - 19901988 - 19901987 - 19931987 - 19901987 - 19901978 - 1980Houston (Texas) Gang Free Schools and Communities Initiative SteeringCommitteeMember, Harris County (TX) Psychiatric Hospital Community Advisory BoardBoard of Directors, Serve Houston, Inc.Grant Reviewer, Child Care Council of Greater Houston, Inc.Entrepreneurial Team, ESTEEM, Winter Park, FL.United Way Outcome Measurement Oversight Committee, Orlando, FLSpeakers’ Bureau, Orlando (FL) Fights BackPlanning Clearinghouse Committee, Orlando (FL) Human Services CouncilBoard of Directors, Habitat for Humanity, Inc., Orlando, FLCommunity Funders Forum, Orlando, FLTarrant County (TX) Human Services Advisory CommitteeChair, Citizen Advisory Committee, Arlington (TX) Police Training AcademyInstitutional Review Board, John Peter Smith Hospital, Fort Worth, TXMember, Texas Senior Games Planning CommitteeSteering Committee, Texas Rangers Home Run Arlington (TX) CampaignMember, Camp Fire (TX) Child Car
1971 Bachelor of Science, Springfield College, Springfield, Massachusetts PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES 1999 – Present University of Houston, Houston, Texas Graduate College of Social Work Dean and Professor of Social Work Principal administrator of a College that offers CS
